Memorial Day services set for South Side, and the Hilltop

The South Side Hill Top Memorial Day Parade Committee will hold Memorial Day services this weekend to commemorate their comrades and remember those who sacrificed for their country.

Representatives from the Parade Committee, in lieu of a parade as they have done in the past, will lay wreaths and fire rifle salutes at various monuments and churches throughout South Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

The schedule follows with all events taking place on Monday, May 26. All times are approximate.

A brief service will be held at Saint Adalbert’s cemetery immediately following the South Side Cemetery service and then a brief service will be held at Saint Clair Post 694 American Legion in front of the monument at 1751 Arlington Avenue.

Prior to the Memorial Day services, volunteers will place wreaths at Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Saint George’s Cemetery, Saint Peter’s Cemetery, Saint George’s Church, the Honor Roll on Warrington Avenue, Polish Veterans Honor Roll and Overbrook Monument. Additional orders included in South Side Cemetery Program and also Pius Street.

Church service will be held at: St. Basil Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, May 25 at 10:30 p.m. Mass; Concord Presbyterian Church on Sunday, June 1 at 10 a.m. Services; and St. Peter Roman Catholic Church on Nov. 10 at a time to be determined.